Termite Treatments Dallas / Fort Worth – gotbugs.com

The goal of a termite treatment is to apply a termite product to the area immediately below and around your foundation. Foam can also be applied to wall voids to control termites there. The treatment can either work as a barrier with the goal of keeping termites away, or as a treated area through which termites travel and are eliminated. We feel treated area termite products work much more effectively.see our products page

Your termite technician will use a combination of wall foaming, trenching and drilling in order to protect your home. He will inject the drill holes and fill the trenches with the best termite product available. As the soil absorbs the product (our products bond tighter to the soil than others providing longer protection) the treated zone is created.

Termites live underground and probe blindly through the soil looking for food (most cases wood). When they discover your home or building they are very persistent and find ways to get back to or stay in your home. Just like ants find your sugar bowl if you move it from one counter to the other.

Termites can build a mud tube at the rate of 1 inch per hour. If you destroy the tube (breaking it off or spraying pesticides) they may build it back or they may find a better entrance to your home. If they find a better entrance and that entrance is out of sight, you may think your problem is gone. In reality, you still have termites. The same concept applies to treating the wood. While this is possible and may eliminate the termites in that area, they more likely will find other wood to eat. Treating the soil under your home is the most effective way to eliminate Subterranean Termites.